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Barry McMullin @autofac.bsky.social · 2d

To be clear: corporations are *agents* - they have agency to act in the world, over and above the agency of their constituent human components. But they are not sentient, and have no *moral* agency beyond what is built in by design. In the case of for-profit corps it is actively *omitted* by design.

Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

"Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions" Also not reporting its dairy methane emissions.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

www.latimes.com

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 3d

War is hell, Portland style

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

"Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions" Also not reporting its dairy methane emissions.
www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Nestle quietly exits global initiative to reduce dairy methane emissions

www.latimes.com

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 2d

Changing our diets is one of the best things we can do for ourselves … and for the planet.

Here is our assessment of how modest changes in diet could have big impacts on climate change.

drawdown.org/explorer/imp...

Improve Diets

The Improve Diets solution is coming soon.

drawdown.org

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3d

Over 40% of corn grown in Indiana is used to make ethanol that cars burn. One acre of corn yields about 16,500 vehicle-miles per year of ethanol, which sounds high until you realize that one acre of solar yields about 2,700,000 vehicle-miles per year: 16,000% more driving for a given plot of land.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

"Bankification today accounts for the highest profit margins in the US economy, crippling productive capacity and setting the stage for the next crash."

Some real decadent-late-capitalism shit here.

Everything Is Becoming a Bank

Most major corporations — from airlines to social media platforms — now aspire to become unregulated banks. Bankification today accounts for the highest profit margins in the US economy, crippling pro...

jacobin.com

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

Not a silly idea at all. Utilities are going to be out looking for places to strategically install distributed solar & batteries. Xcel just kicked it off:

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

Became unnecessary with batteries that can store solar during night.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

And now Chinese EVs are cheaper in the showroom (and MUCH cheaper to drive) than combustion engines.

Nobody will want to buy combustion engines in 2030, but these knuckle draggers want to lead the EU industry towards total annihilation by sticking their head in the sand.

Bah.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

These are the same people that (together with EU politicians) hollowed out NEDC testing until cars emitted 40% more CO2 and 5-35x more NOx in reality than on paper.

It took #dieselgate (and the ICCT + US organizations that take car testing seriously) to end that charade.
theicct.org/dieselgate-e...

Dieselgate: Behind the scandal - International Council on Clean Transportation

The year 2025 marks ten years since the exposure of the Volkswagen emissions scandal, or “Dieselgate”, through ICCT research. To mark this occasion, which became a decisive moment for Europe’s automot...

theicct.org

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...

Carmakers demand EU eases ‘rigid’ 2035 petrol car ban

Environmental groups say carmakers’ demands risk halving electric vehicle sales in Europe

www.ft.com

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 2d

Giant mirror satellites to create extra moons at night?

Because we aren't destabilizing nature enough, see too much starlight at night, want to make it impossible to do astronomy, and need distracting moonbeams everywhere?

What an incredibly spectacularly bad idea!
mastodon.social/@sundogplane...

Prof. Sam Lawler (@[email protected])

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disas...

mastodon.social

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

A story from last year about your Nobel Peace Prize winner.

The ‘Iron Lady’ of Venezuela Threatens to Unseat Its Autocrat (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries, saving hundreds of billions of dollars, report @iea.org

- including UK, Germany and Chile etc

Story by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social
www.carbonbrief.org/iea-renewabl...

IEA: Renewables have cut fossil-fuel imports for more than 100 countries - Carbon Brief

More than 100 countries have cut their dependence on fossil-fuel imports and saved hundreds of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in renewables

www.carbonbrief.org

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

The strange case of Marjorie Taylor Greene. I view her as one of the most unhinged republicans in the US, but it's interesting to see she is increasingly bucking Trump and the Republican party. Maybe a warning not to put people in boxes too easily.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 4d

A tale of two energy systems: “For coal, oil and gas, it’s white glove service. For renewables and storage, it’s freezes, delays and cancellations.”

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says

Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

wapo.st

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

Stop the EU's ban on common sense "meaty" words by adding your name.
These words confuse nobody and the ban only helps the lobby against meat replacements.
weplanet.yourmovement.org/p/noconfusio...

Stop the EU’s Ban on “Meaty” Words for Plant-Based Foods

Sign now

weplanet.yourmovement.org

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

This study looks at multiple years with unfavorable weather conditions and shows this is probably best met with a little more overcapacity instead of more storage.

Depending on region, the overcapacity quickly reduces the storage factor needed.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

100% RE research focuses on finding stable cost effective energy systems without fossil fuel or expensive nuclear. Usually mostly with solar and wind.

We have already learned a lot about managing variability cost effectively. But so far most studies just looked at one year.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 4d

New study looks into stabilizing 100% renewable energy systems over multiple bad weather years.

It concludes that the best approach is a little more overcapacity (e.g. 3.5% extra) as that is much cheaper than excess seasonal storage.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · 5d

1/ New research @lut.fi presents the first global analysis of inter-annual storage for #100RE systems in 145 regions doi.org/10.1016/j.ap.... Strategic generation overcapacity is a significantly more cost-effective solution than building massive storage.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 6d

Weather effects at the equator are apparently very special. We wonder about that too. Seems you understand it pretty well but we have some explaining to do.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 6d

No. I made a mistake. bsky.app/profile/auke...

Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 7d

As the picture shows this is excluding EV and heat pump. So you would need more solar for heating in winter weeks.

Also excluded is AC (we don't need that a lot in the Netherlands) but that is no problem for solar.

Oh, and solar is in kWp and batteries in kWh.
(I mislabeled the picture.)

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7d

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

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Auke Hoekstra @aukehoekstra.bsky.social · 7d

Thx.

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